The 1981 Copa Interamericana was the 8th edition of the
Copa Interamericana
The Copa Interamericana ( en, Interamerican Cup) was an annual club football competition contested between a representative from North America (CONCACAF) and South America (CONMEBOL). Established in 1969, it was discontinued in 1998 after CONCACA ...
. The match-up featured Mexican club
UNAM
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
, the winners of the
1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
The 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 16th edition of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
UNAM won the fi ...
, and Uruguayan club
Nacional
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* Transportes Aéreos Nacional, a Brazilian airline defunct in 1961
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* Banco Nacional, a ...
, the winners of the
1980 Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores 1980 was the 21st edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. Nacional won the competition.
First stage Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Semifinals Group A
Grou ...
. It was played staged over
two legs.
UNAM defeated Nacional 6–5 on aggregate following a play-off to win their first Copa Interamericana title.
Teams
Venues
Matches
Summary
In the first leg, hosted at
Estadio Olímpico Universitario
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in
Mexico City
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, UNAM beat Nacional 3–1. In the second leg at
Estadio Centenario
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in
Montevideo
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, Nacional was the winner by 3–1. As both teams tied on points and
goal difference
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, a playoff was held in
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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,
United States
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, where UNAM defeat Nacional 21 and therefore the Mexican team won their first Interamericana trophy,
[1980 Copa Interamericana]
by Erik Lugo on the RSSSF which is regarded by the ''Pumas'' supporters (an even some former players) as the most important title in the history of the club.
Los Pumas ante el gran objetivo
on Fifa.com, 5 Apr 2005
First leg
Second leg
Play-off
References
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